Reece
Reece is ranked 455th among boys in 2024 (686 births). Its best rank was 344th, in 2001.
- Rank in 2024
- #455down 6 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6860.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 2001798 births
- Best rank
- #344in 2001
- Since 1880
- 26,036people given the name
The story in the numbers
21,290 boys have been named Reece in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 798 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2000s alone account for 34%. It has spent 51 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Reece is used for both sexes: 18% of its bearers are girls (4,746), most of them born around 2009.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Reece | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | |
| 1890s | 26 | |
| 1900s | 60 | |
| 1910s | 305 | |
| 1920s | 433 | |
| 1930s | 341 | |
| 1940s | 275 | |
| 1950s | 268 | |
| 1960s | 270 | |
| 1970s | 284 | |
| 1980s | 786 | |
| 1990s | 2,877 | |
| 2000s | 7,216 | |
| 2010s | 5,198 | |
| 2020s | 2,890 |
In 2001, its biggest year
Reece was the 344th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2001 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Reece
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Isaiahpeak 2006
- Willempeak 2003
- Armanpeak 2004
- Tracepeak 2008
- Jairpeak 2003
- Daylanpeak 2008
- Cutterpeak 2003
- Edvinpeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.